MIDAL (''Mitte-Deutschland-Anbindungsleitung'') is a long German

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gas pipeline A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 countries around the world. The Un ...

, which connects the

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with southern

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. It runs from Bunde, where it is connected with Netherlands gas system, and Emdel receiving terminal, to

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...

. The pipeline has a capacity of 12.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. It was constructed in 1992–1993, and it is owned and operated by Wingas GmbH & Co. KG. The northern section of the pipeline which runs from Bunde and Rysum to

Rehden Rehden is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately eight km east of Diepholz. The 44 TWh Rehden natural gas storage facility connects to the Rehden–Hamburg gas pipeline. Rehden is als ...

is long and has a diameter of . In Rehden, the pipeline is connected with the Rehden gas storage. Also the

Rehden–Hamburg gas pipeline Rehden–Hamburg gas pipeline (RHG) is a long branch of MIDAL pipeline with diameter of to supply Hamburg area with natural gas. The pipeline was constructed in 1994 by Wingas and E.ON Hanse (Hamburger Gaswerke). It connects to the natural ...

branches-off from MIDAL. In future, MIDAL will be connected with the NEL pipeline at Reheden. The middle section with length of connects Rehden with Reckrod. This section has a diameter of . In

Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen () is a town and thermal spa resort in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the end of 2013, it had 52,121 inhabitants. Geography Bad Salzuflen lies on the eastern edge of the Ravensberg Basin, at the confluenc ...

, the WEDAL pipeline towards Belgium branches-off from MIDAL. In Reckrod, MIDAL is connected with the STEGAL pipeline. The long southern section with a diameter of runs from Reckrod to Ludwigshafen. In Ludwigshafen, the pipeline is connected with a long MIDAL-ERM branch-off pipeline to

Jockgrim Jockgrim is a municipality in the Germersheim (district), district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately 15 km north-west of Karlsruhe. Jockgrim is the seat of the ''Ver ...

. It has a diameter of . MIDAL-ERM was commissioned in April 1964.

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MIDAL (Wingas website)
Energy infrastructure completed in 1993 Natural gas pipelines in Germany {{Germany-struct-stub

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